There was a project on the internet once where a bunch of different animators all worked on this one long project. Joe Cartoons, Camp Chaos, and some others. And they all had 1 simple storyline to follow - and they where all supposed to add a short animated piece to the story. But they got to do whatever they wanted as long as it stuck the the basic story. The result was awesome!

Maybe you famous animation guys should work on a project like that. You do a piece, and Plympton adds a piece, and so on. Course - the value isn't so much monitary as it is just getting to do something fun for a change. And see what different results comes out of each artist. What different spin and vision each different artist adds to a similar theme.

I'm in Seattle, sorry I can't make it out to Chicago for this rare event. Sounds like lots of fun!